Triple

T5342445
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject House of Sand and Fog E123974 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Shawn Lawrence Otto
Shawn Lawrence Otto is an American screenwriter and author known for his work on the film adaptation of "House of Sand and Fog" and for his writing on science, politics, and public discourse.
 E515574 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Shawn Lawrence Otto | Statement: [House of Sand and Fog, screenwriter, Shawn Lawrence Otto]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shawn Lawrence Otto
Context triple: [House of Sand and Fog, screenwriter, Shawn Lawrence Otto]
  • A. Shawn Matthews
    Shawn Matthews is a senior executive associated with the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.
  • B. Shawn Patterson
    Shawn Patterson is an American composer and songwriter best known for his work on film and television scores, including the hit song "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie.
  • C. Shawn Horcoff
    Shawn Horcoff is a former NHL center, best known for his long tenure with the Edmonton Oilers, who transitioned into hockey management after retiring as a player.
  • D. Bryan Shaw
    Bryan Shaw is an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher known for his durability and heavy workload out of the bullpen, particularly during his tenure with the Cleveland Indians.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Shawn Lawrence Otto
Triple: [House of Sand and Fog, screenwriter, Shawn Lawrence Otto]
Generated description
Shawn Lawrence Otto is an American screenwriter and author known for his work on the film adaptation of "House of Sand and Fog" and for his writing on science, politics, and public discourse.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shawn Lawrence Otto
Target entity description: Shawn Lawrence Otto is an American screenwriter and author known for his work on the film adaptation of "House of Sand and Fog" and for his writing on science, politics, and public discourse.
  • A. Shawn Matthews
    Shawn Matthews is a senior executive associated with the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.
  • B. Shawn Patterson
    Shawn Patterson is an American composer and songwriter best known for his work on film and television scores, including the hit song "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie.
  • C. Shawn Horcoff
    Shawn Horcoff is a former NHL center, best known for his long tenure with the Edmonton Oilers, who transitioned into hockey management after retiring as a player.
  • D. Bryan Shaw
    Bryan Shaw is an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher known for his durability and heavy workload out of the bullpen, particularly during his tenure with the Cleveland Indians.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69bd464b07f8819095aa76577c9829e4 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd85cc5a9881909e23bf9c5b697a8e completed March 20, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf291296d48190a33a1d1f45e925ab completed March 21, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf2ac464a08190b2925358f7d8d3c7 completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf2b4c4b648190b5144a001978cfd6 completed March 21, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.